Food and Packaging
There are numerous opportunities for utilisation of nanofibers in food, packaging and agricultural industries, which are constantly growing together with human...
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Fruit as a cheap nanofibers source for future materials
Scientists have devised a very simple and inexpensive method for biocompatible nanofibers production from fruit such as banana, pineapple and agave with wide potential applications.
Invitation to the lecture: Nanofibrous Materials: technology, applications and commercialization
Department of Mechanics of the Faculty of of Applied Sciences and Research Center of New Technologies would like to invite academics and professionals to a lecture
Pheromones release from nanofibers for biotechnology plant protection
Pheromones are chemical signals, through which organisms are able to communicate with each other and play in all organisms communication a very important role. The insect pheromones are probably the most investigated. Pheromones are used for different purposes, one is biological pest management, where pheromones are gradually released from the evaporators and their smell attracts the opposite sex. Dazed individual has reduced ability to find the partner for reproduction. The...
The most expensive hamburger world is on the horizon
Dutch scientists from Maastricht University have used stem cells to create artificial muscle tissue.These pieces are only about 2 cm long, 1 cm wide, 1 mm thick and look more like calamari than classic steak.
Swedish scientists celebrate their great success - cellulose nanofibers from waste.
Researchers at Luleå University of Technology (Sweden) came up with a revolutionary new product that processes sewage sludge which is a residual product in the manufacture of cellulose and its derivatives.
Are nanofibers from biopolymers suitable for medicine, food and filtration?
Synthetic plastics are a major environmental threat. The environment is incredible overloaded by synthetic plastics, which are cheap but a major threat is their degradation which takes tens to hundreds of years and the possibility toxic compounds release. Natural, biodegradable polymers have poor mechanical properties very often, but the biggest drawback is definitely the price - compared to synthetic polymers. These polymers are alternative way to preserve the environment for the future generations.
Norwegian scientists are developing eco-plastics based on nanofibers in the 1000th EU subsidized project
In the Norwegian EU project No. 1000, entitled NanoBarrier, Norwegian scientists will collaborate with colleagues from 14 other countries in the development of biodegradable plastic packaging. "We plan to use nanofibers from trees and develop new and better packaging," says Bjørn Steinar Tan, director of development section of the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) in Trondheim.